Idioms: WORK Flashcards

1
Q

a crushy number *

A

a very easy job

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2
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at the top of the ladder

A

in the highest position in an organisation

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3
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get a foot in the door

A

take a low lebel job because you want a better job in the future

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4
Q

to slog muy guts out

A

work very hard

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5
Q

a spleeping partner

A

worker who does not take active parts in its management but often provides money

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6
Q

tracck record

A

achivements o failures of someone in the past

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7
Q

a golden handshacke

A

large payment to someone who leaves his job

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8
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to get a golden hello

A

large payment to someone who accepted the job

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9
Q

do a roaring trade*

A

selling a lot of goods very quickly

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10
Q

cornered the market

A

become so successful at selling a product that almost no one else can sell it

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11
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to go great guns*

A

doing something successfully

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12
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to go to the wall

A

to be destroyed financially

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13
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go to bust*

A

was foreced to close business due to financial problemes

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14
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to shut up the shop

A

close business

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15
Q

the rate race

A

people compete for power and money

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16
Q

hit glass ceiling

A

a point where you can’t progress in your career.